In the industry of internet writing, certain truths become doctrine: Anger is effective, outrage more so, and dead girls and women—particularly those abused and victimized and murdered—rule the attention game. They are the internet’s profane saints and they have always fueled the media, selling newspapers and…

On Wednesday, journalist Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were murdered on live television by a former co-worker. In the aftermath of Parker’s death, her father Andy Parker has publicly pushed for stricter gun control. In an interview with WDBJ7, the Virginia television station where Alison worked, Parker…

The alleged gunman in the murder of a Virginia TV reporter and cameraman this morning has been identified by police as Vester Lee Flanagan, who anchored WDBJ for one year using the name Bryce Williams. Someone identifying themselves as Williams on Twitter has confessed to the shooting and uploaded video footage of…